Dirge (5)
'dirge' is the definition.
(both can mean a lament for a dead person)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for elegy that I've seen before include "Mournful song or poem" , "Song of lamentation" , "Poetic lament for the dead" , "lines of regret" , "Mournful poem, lament" .)
'dirge' is the definition.
(I know that dirge can be written as lament)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for lament that I've seen before include "Song of sorrow" , "Express sorrow" , "Mourn in mental way (6)" , "Bemoan, bewail" , "Show of sorrow" .)